Eye of the Nightingale by R.D. Hunter

Author:R.D. Hunter [Wilson, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-11T15:21:41+00:00

Hunter / Nightingale / 101

Chapter Fourteen

The funeral was a modest affair. A priest reciting generic words of little comfort, a hymn sung by those present in a monotone voice, and a simple brown coffin slowly lowered into the waiting earth. It was a beautiful day. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky or any hint of the vicious storm that had passed just two days ago. Even nature didn’t seem to mourn the passing of Ruby Tipton.

The coroner had officially ruled her death as accidental. I’d told anyone who would listen about the man on top of the ridge with her. But I hadn’t gotten a good enough look to describe him, and I was the only one who’d seen him. Jenny had been partly behind me and Michael was lagging as he gave entry instructions to the rest of the search team. Any and all evidence of the killer’s presence had been washed away almost as soon as he’d made his escape.

But I knew who it was. The only person it could have been. Donald Lawson. I’d felt his sick, twisted pleasure as he threw Ruby down that hill. He’d wanted it to be me.

But he’d settled for hurting someone I cared about. And if I got half a chance, I’d make

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